VC Mixer (75 Founders + 25 Investor) June 2025 | San Francisco

Tech Weekend - VC Dinner and Networking Mixer is a gathering of 75 technical Founders and 25 VCs in San Francisco.

After hosting six successful VC Mixers, we’re excited to elevate the experience with a new, structured format.

How to Identify VCs & Founders:

• VCs: Red badges
• Founders: Black and white badges
  Parking Options:
  
• (9 Natoma St.): Located 318 ft away,
• (81 Fremont St.): Located 325 ft away,
• (521 Mission St.): Located 424 ft away,

Kevin Jiang, Managing Partner at Mangusta Capital / LMDV Family Office
Investment focus: Vertical AI
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Jay Eum, Managing Partner at GFT Ventures
Investment focus: AI, Robotics
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Doug Sharp, Managing Partner at Momenta Partners
Investment focus: Industrial IoT and AI, Clean Tech
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Raed A. Masri, Founding Partner at Transform VC
Investment focus: Deep Tech with software profit margins
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Henry Pham, Managing Partner at Octant Ventures
Investment focus: AI, Fintech, Cleantech (Renewable Energies)
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Clint Chao, Investor at Moment Ventures
Investment focus: AI, B2B, Vertical AI, IT Infrastructure
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Dave Lambert, Managing Director at Right Side Capital
Investment focus: Pre-VC stage, capital-efficient tech
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Shally Shanker, Founding Partner at AiiM Partners
Investment focus: Tech, Climate Tech
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Thomas Militello, Growth Stage VC at World Innovation Lab
Investment focus: Fintech, AI, Infrastructure, Cybersecurity
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Ryan McCrackan, Principal at Yamaha Motor Ventures
Investment focus: Industrial, Deep Tech, Robotics
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Bruce Hamilton, General Partner at Everybody Ventures
Investment focus: Consumer
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Linda Lee, Talent Partner at Andrew NG's AI Fund
Investment focus: AI
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Marco DeMiroz,General Partner at The Venture Reality Fund
Investment focus: AI & Spatial Computing
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Kumar Sripadam, General Partner at Elevate Capital
Investment focus: AI Convergence
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Lukas Linemayr, Partner at Streamlined Ventures
Investment focus: Software
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Andrew Karsh, General Partner at Bay Bridge Ventures
Investment focus: AI
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James Wang, General Partner at Creative Ventures
Investment focus: Deep Tech
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Abraham Tuyo, Founder & Managing Partner at TUYO Ventures
Investment focus: AI
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Pramod Gosavi, Investor at Blumberg Capital
Investment focus: AI
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Julia Keinprecht, Partner Success Manager at Plug & Play Tech Center
Investment focus: Fintech, AI
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Nicholas Gould, Principal at Starshot Capital
Investment focus: Climate Tech, Deep Tech
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Greg Kress, Investment Partner at Pioneer Fund
Investment focus: Early Stage
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Betsy Arce, Principal at Earthrise VC
Investment focus: Deep Tech, Space Tech, Industrial Tech
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Erica Waichman, Head of Talent and Community at Canvas Ventures
Investment focus: Fintech, Digital Health, AI
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Raymond Lee, Partner at Progressive VC
Investment focus: AI
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Daniel Gould, General Partner at Castle Fund
Investment focus: Deep Tech
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Chenxi Wang, Founder and General Partner at Rain Capital
Investment focus: Cybersecurity, AI
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Brett Kadesh, Investor & Advisor at Cerity Partners Ventures
Investment focus: ConsumerTech, AgTech, Logistics, ClimateTech
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Lavanya Anandan, Venture Partner at AiiM Partners
Investment focus: Deep Tech, Biotech, Climate Tech
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Najib Khouri-Haddad, Managing Director at Sway Ventures
Investment focus: Fintech, Supply Chain Tech, PropTech
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Suraj Pakala, Investor at FalconX Ventures
Investment focus: Generalist
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Raj Singh, General Partner at Z21 Ventures
Investment focus: B2B Enterprise AI, Deep Tech
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Arpit Mittal, Partner at Threshold Ventures
Investment focus: AI, Enterprise SaaS
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Jimmy Ku, Venture Partner at 10x Capital
Investment focus: Fintech, Healthtech, AI
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Gordon Shi, CFO at Lucia Protocol
Investment focus: Web3, Ad Tech
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Porter Ontko, VC Principal at Ericsson Ventures
Investment focus: AI, Robotics
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Jay Kim, Partner at GS Futures
Investment focus: AI, Infrastructure, Physical AI/Robotics
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Jacob Andreesen, Investor at UP.Partners
Investment focus: Deep Tech
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Derek Chau, General Partner at Acorn Pacific Ventures
Investment focus: B2B SaaS, Fintech, Deep Tech
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Maulik S, Controller at SuRo Capital
Investment focus: AI, Fintech, Consumer
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Ryan Morrison, Partner at Founders Circle Capital
Investment focus: Enterprise
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Grayson Stallman, Investor at Airbus Ventures
Investment focus: Deep Tech
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Krishna Ramachandran, Director at LG Technology Ventures.
Investment focus: AI, B2B SaaS, Infrastructure, Digital Health
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Anna Wang, Vice President at GreyMatter Capital
Investment focus: Mental and Brain Health
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Julia Keinprecht, Partner Success Manager at Plug and Play Ventures
Investment focus: SaaS, AI, Fintech, Vertical SaaS, Blockchain Technology, Stablecoin Infrastructure
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Murat Kilicoglu, Senior Principal at Cota Capital
Investment focus: Enterprise Technology
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Mingxiu Sun, Senior VC Associate at Toyota Ventures
Investment focus: AI, Deep Tech
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Anthony Ridgley, Investor at J Ventures
Investment focus: B2B
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Sheela Ursal, General Partner at Emerging Fintech Fund / Fintech Next
Investment focus: Fintech
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Emil Rustamli, VC Analyst at Fiat Ventures
Investment focus: Fintech+
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Istvan Jonyer, Managing Director at Sidespin Ventures
Investment focus: AI
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Heather Lee, Investor at LFX Venture Partners
Investment focus: Supply Chain
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Alex Freed, Partner at Schematic Ventures
Investment focus: Industrial Tech, Deep Tech
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Anju Mori, Associate at Yamaha Motor Ventures
Investment focus: Robotics, AI
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Rio Hodges, Partner at Antler
Investment focus: Generalist
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Hannah Dopico, Principal at PivotNorth Capital
Investment focus: Pre-seed
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Clifford Cohn, Principal at World Innovation Lab
Investment focus: AI
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Abi Adisa, President at Oridun Capital Management
Investment focus: AI, Prop Tech, Clean Tech
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Andrew Brackin, Partner at Gradient
Investment focus: AI
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Maria Pienaar, Operating Partner at Unicorn Growth Capital
Investment focus: Fintech
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Graham Carney, Principal at The General Partnership
Investment focus: AI, Enterprise
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Tunya Irkad, Principal at e2vc
Investment focus: Generalist
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Christopher O'Dore, Senior Associate at Cerity Partners Ventures
Investment focus: Fintech, Insurtech, AI
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Dan Barth, Principal at Yamaha Motor Ventures
Investment focus: Deep Tech, Manufacturing, Industrial Automation, Data/AI
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Tian Yu (T.Y.), VC at Micron Ventures
Investment focus: Enterprise AI, Deep Tech
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Chad Metzger, Investor at Friends & Family Capital
Investment focus: Physical world (hardware & software), enterprise software
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Katie Clasen, Principal at Prelude Ventures
Investment focus: Climate Tech
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Ian Sobieski, Chairman at Band of Angels LLC
Investment focus: Angel Investing
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Tina Zhang, Investor
Investment focus: Clean Tech
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Akira Hagiwara, Analyst at Scrum Ventures
Investment focus: Consumer, Sports Tech, Media & Entertainment
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Aliya Lakhani, Associate at Precursor Ventures
Investment focus: Generalist
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Andrew McLean, Analyst at ARTIS Ventures
Investment focus: Tech, Healthtech & Biotech
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Declan Sander, Analyst at Builders VC
Investment focus: Generalist
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Noah Lin, Analyst at defy.vc
Investment focus: Generalist
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Marcus Løfgren, Analyst Intern at Z21 Ventures
Investment focus: AI
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Julie G. Gunstad, Analyst at Z21 Ventures
Investment focus: AI
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Johannes Haus, Analyst at Z21 Ventures
Investment focus: Fintech
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Nathaniel Stephen, Analyst at z21 Ventures
Investment focus: AI
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About the event:

Tech Weekend is the best event in San Francisco for startup founders who are fundraising — You can make direct investor connections & meet the coolest tech startups in one place.

Over 3 days at Tech Weekend, you'll meet 100+ tech founders and over 50 venture capitalists actively investing in early-stage tech startups.

Founders can:
Join VC Office Hours for direct feedback
Attend VC Panels on 2025 investing trends
Connect with VCs during VC dinners dinners
Pitch live in front of VCs at the Tech Weekend Pitch Competition

and meet some of the coolest tech startups gathered from all around US and abroad.

If you're building in AI, Deep Tech, Health Tech, Fintech, Climate Tech, Biotech, Vertical Tooling, EdTech, Dual-Use Tech, Quantum, or any frontier sector — and fundraising in 2025 — this is where you want to be.

Join our mailing list @ Foundersvillage.bio

For More information checkout the following links:

• Website: Founders Village
• LinkedIn: Founders Village on LinkedIn
• Instagram: @founders.village
• X (Twitter): @foundersvillge

🚀 Startup Showcase at Tech Weekend – June 2025
Meet Lvlup.ai — your AI best friend, creative sidekick, and always-on super-agent.

Everyone deserves a best friend: One who listens without judgment, shows up without fail, and helps turn your dreams into reality.

Lvlup is more than a chatbot — it’s an AI companion that helps you write, plan, search, reflect, and grow. With a face, a voice, a memory, and a personality, Lvlup evolves with you. Whether you're creating content, exploring ideas, or just needing a late-night thought catcher — it's always by your side.

No mixed signals. No ghosting. Just presence.

👉 Try it for free: https://lvlup.ai

📍 Stop by their booth to chat with:
🔹 Tong Xu, Co-founder & CEO – LinkedIn

StealthGPT — the team humanizing AI writing.

StealthGPT helps you create high-quality, human-like content that effortlessly bypasses AI detectors like Turnitin and GPTZero. Whether you're crafting essays, blogs, or marketing copy, StealthGPT combines a user-friendly interface with multi-language support, SEO tools, and PDF interaction—making it the go-to tool for students, writers, and professionals alike.

👉 Try it free at stealthgpt.ai

📍 Stop by their booth to chat with:
🔹 Jozef Gherman, Founder – LinkedIn

Skyrelis, the team pioneering security for the Agentic AI era.

As enterprises deploy autonomous AI agents to automate workflows and decisions, Skyrelis is building the foundational layer of protection—real-time agent-aware policy enforcement and behavioral controls for secure, cloud-native environments.

Founded by leaders in cybersecurity and AI, they’re defining a new category in enterprise security.

📍 Stop by their booth to chat with:
🔹 Jaz Lin, CEO – LinkedIn
🔹 Sree Vakil, CTO – LinkedIn

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